Aren’t kittens and puppies technically predators? What would be the difference between a baby lion and a baby kitten?

Looks like this Hamburger is off the menu.

On the contrary, feminists are more likely to point out the double standard exists. And that double standard exists due to patriarchy.

Apparently, when you delete an entire comment thread, Piefed also deletes the explanation for why it's been deleted.

So here goes: a comment implied that all French people are gay. A few people took offense to that, felt that "gay" was being used as a slur. And I agree it can probably be interpreted that way, which violates rule #2.

Okay, but then there’s teddy bears.

Everyone perceives them as cute and cuddly. But I wouldn’t want to cuddle with a bear in real life. Bears are much more dangerous than sharks just on account you’re more likely to encounter one.

I guess what I’m wondering is: why are things clearly predatory not perceived that way?

You seem like a very toxic person. In fact, you’re not welcome here so I’m banning you.

I'm not saying you're lowbrow—you're talking to a guy who unironically loves Chopping Mall. But I am saying you may prefer less ambiguity. So let's try this again.

Mulholland Drive isn’t enjoyable because it’s a tightly wound plot machine. It’s enjoyable because it isn’t.

Lynch doesn’t make movies that move in straight lines—he makes movies that spiral, twist, and drop you in the middle of something uncanny. For people who like surrealism, ambiguity, and symbolism, that’s the draw. The movie isn’t telling you what to think—it’s inviting you to get lost.

That diner scene you dismissed as pointless? That’s the purest example of what Lynch does. It doesn’t “advance the story.” It advances the feeling. You watch it and you know you’re inside a nightmare. Not a slasher-movie nightmare, not a jump-scare nightmare. Instead, the kind where reality bends, logic collapses, and you wake up with your heart racing even though “nothing happened.” That’s worth more than ten minutes of plot efficiency.

The campy acting? Deliberate. It’s not supposed to look like real life—it’s supposed to look like a dream about real life. That’s why it feels “off.” Later, when the film cracks open, that over-the-top style turns into commentary on Hollywood itself—on performance, on artifice, on self-deception. What looks like bad acting at the start becomes part of the larger game Lynch is playing.

And the so-called “big reveal”? Sure, you can reduce it to “jealousy leading to a hit job.” But the real fun is that there isn’t one definitive reading. Is the second half reality? Is the first half fantasy? Is it all about fractured identity? Is it all about Hollywood chewing people up and spitting them out? Yes, yes, and yes. It’s a cinematic Rorschach test. The ambiguity is the point.

So no—it’s not “writers trying too hard to look smart.” It’s a director making a movie that works on dream logic instead of story logic. Some people hate that. Other people love it.

If you want clarity, watch a Marvel movie. If you want to feel like you just woke up from a dream that won’t let go of you, then watch Mulholland Drive.

It’s a performance piece.

A film that stars both Nicolas Cage and Adam Sandler. I don’t care if it’s a comedy, action flick, or serious drama. Seeing those two go ballistic together would be amazing.

DVDs and Blu-Rays are still being made. Actually, you can get this movie in those formats—if you wish.

Not an issue with the community itself, I just have a hard time federating to lemm.ee from atomicpoet.org. Whenever I tag !movies@lemm.ee, my reviews don't reach there. Piefed is much better when it comes to crossposting from Akkoma.

Great question. For one thing, it’s built to be a general Piefed video game community. There’s another one on piefed.social but it’s way more meme heavy and into “gamer culture” instead of just video games.

As for why Piefed and not Lemmy, it’s because Piefed communities are portable. That is, if the admin proves to be awful or a server threatens to shut down, you can just move the community elsewhere.

Also, audience. I crosspost from @atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org, an account that has 14.5K followers. So lots of comments come from Mastodon and Akkoma.

Finally, content. Less outrage culture. More games. Many which you’re likely to have never played before.

You might prefer to watch a Marvel movie instead. Less ambiguity there.

That’s pretty awesome. And I hope more games like this get rescued.

At the time, most people didn’t think it was a classic. But I thought it was fun.

Joke’s on them. I use a fork of that obscure client/tool.

The biggest problem with Friendica groups is that when someone replies to a group post, the group actor boosts all replies to people's timelines -- which proves problematic for people running microblogging software like Mastodon. This also makes popular Friendica groups highly attractive to spammers and trolls because they can say whatever in comments, and now 2.6K people are receiving those messages in their home feeds. It is also very difficult to remove comments and ban people in a Friendica group.

What I like about Piefed is that you can delete and edit anything in a community, ban people easily or unban them, review reports, mark reports as resolved / ignored. And most important, all those tools are easily accessible.

Evan’s job is to help build a standard implementation for groups for the W3C. He is also trying to pitch ActivityPub to organizations big and small.

It ain’t pedantry. They’re weasel words cooked up to wallpaper what people are: pedophiles.

And I’m banning anyone who engages or supports such nonsense.

At least where I live, Blorp is on the App Store.